Hello DERREK!
Monday February 02 1998 22:54, DERREK KAISER wrote to PHIL HEBERER:
DK> I thought Shotgun Technology used two 56k Modems and it had a smart
DK> feature to where if one modem got call waiting beep it would hang-up and
DK> keep the conection live on the other modem and as soon as you where done
DK> with you phone call (you could still be surfing with the other modem at
DK> the same time) and you hung up, the other modem would re-connect itself?
->> I'm sure the tech folks will give you a more detailed explanation, but
->> in a nutshell, shotgun technology uses one modem but two phone lines.
->> In essence, doubling the speed by sending twice the data. You would
->> indeed need a similar modem at the other end to utilize this feature
->> though.
I think you may BOTH be right...basically two 56k modems built onto one
card...I haven't heard much about it though...
John
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